ghostwriter

[gohst-rahy-ter] / ˈgoʊstˌraɪ tər /

NOUN

author

Synonyms

STRONGEST

biographer columnist composer creator journalist poet producer reporter writer

STRONG

essayist ghost originator playwright scribbler scribe wordsmith

WEAK

ink slinger prose writer scripter word slinger work-for-hire

NOUN

ghost writer

Synonyms

WEAK

ghost surrogate

NOUN

writer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

author biographer columnist correspondent critic dramatist editor essayist journalist novelist poet reporter screenwriter

STRONG

contributor freelancer scribbler scribe stenographer stringer wordsmith

WEAK

newspaper person person of letters scripter

Antonyms

WEAK

reader

Example Sentences

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Jen Singer is a ghostwriter and editor who has survived cancer, a complete heart block, and heart failure.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

So use it as a sparring partner, not a ghostwriter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

However, journalist Hadley Freeman, ghostwriter of Victoria Beckham's 2006 biography, says in her experience they were "both incredibly sweet, incredibly involved with their children, very loving as a family".

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

Virginia Giuffre would have viewed Prince Andrew giving up his titles "as a victory", the ghostwriter of her posthumous memoir told BBC Newsnight.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025

Grace was going to have to hire a ghostwriter.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

ghostwriter

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